Passes the Bechdel test

Red Riding Hood

Name: Red Riding Hood
Released: 2011

2011. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
18 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 203.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

Valerie (Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf could be someone she loves. As panic grips the town, Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast--one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect...and bait.

Released: 11 Mar 2011
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 5.4 / 10
Metascore: 29 / 100
Awards: 5 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Isabelle 200 lines, woman
Solomon 79 lines, man
Grandmother 71 lines, woman
Peter 55 lines, man
Henri 50 lines
Roxanne 39 lines, woman
Cesaire 38 lines, man
Suzette 30 lines, woman
Attewater 29 lines, man
Prudence 25 lines, woman

Full cast, 43 people

Amanda Seyfried as Valerie
Gary Oldman as Father Soloman
Billy Burke as Cesaire
Shiloh Fernandez as Peter
Max Irons as Henry Lazar
Julie Christie as Valerie's Grandmother
Lukas Haas as Father August
Virginia Madsen as Suzette
Shauna Kain as Roxanne
Michael Hogan as The Reeve
Adrian Holmes as Captain
Cole Heppell as Claude
Christine Willes as Madame Lazar
Michael Shanks as Adrien Lazar
Kacey Rohl as Prudence
Megan Charpentier as Young Valerie
D.J. Greenburg as Young Peter
Carmen Lavigne as Rose
Don Thompson as Tavern Owner
Matt Ward as Captain's Brother
Jen Halley as Marguerite
Jordan Becker as Woodcutter
Alexandria Maillot as Lucie, Valerie's sister
Bella King as Solomon's Daughter
Olivia Steele-Falconer as Solomon's Daughter
James Michalopolous as Solomon's Soldier
Darren Shahlavi as Solomon's Soldier
Dalias Blake as Solomon's Soldier
Michael Adamthwaite as Solomon's Soldier
Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle as Solomon's Soldier
Brad Kelly as Solomon's Soldier
Paul Wu as Solomon's Soldier
Gavin Buhr as Solomon's Soldier
Samuel A. Smith as Solomon's Soldier
Che Pritchard as Dancer
Kaitlyn McCready as Dancer
Michelle Christa Smith as Dancer
Sarah Elgart as Dancer
Dalila Bela as Man's Daughter
Monika Spruch as Dancer
Chris Webb as Stunt Player
Jana Berengel as Singer (uncredited)
Mark Jaxin as Villager (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 203

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 5	0	11
6 to 10	15	13
11 to 15	17	0
16 to 20	32	8
21 to 25	19	6
26 to 30	18	1
31 to 35	7	0
36 to 40	0	1
41 to 45	3	1
46 to 50	9	21
51 to 55	15	1
56 to 60	0	5
61 to 65	0	4
66 to 70	2	2
71 to 75	15	1
76 to 80	4	32
81 to 85	7	1
86 to 90	18	15
91 to 95	2	1
96 to 100	18	1
101 to 105	6	26
106 to 110	21	1
111 to 115	26	27
116 to 120	9	16
121 to 125	25	14
126 to 130	16	1
131 to 135	6	7
136 to 140	0	10
141 to 145	7	4
146 to 150	12	8
151 to 155	13	2
156 to 160	3	5
161 to 165	12	3
166 to 170	9	15
171 to 175	4	6
176 to 180	0	1
181 to 185	1	2
186 to 190	4	5
191 to 195	8	7
196 to 200	5	4
201 to 203	0	0

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

SUZETTE: You mind your grandmother, understand? You're her student now, the same as the other girls. ISABELLE: Yes, Mother. Suzette hands her the basket with a proud look. SUZETTE: My last baby has grown up.

SUZETTE: Who gave you permission to wear that? ISABELLE: Nobody. I just -- SUZETTE: Your Grandmother made that for Lucie. Take it off. Isabelle hesitates, then does as she's told. Suzette snatches the cloak away from her. A … ISABELLE: It was folded when they found her. Her clothes, too. Did you notice that?

ISABELLE: I'm going to the festival. SUZETTE: All right then. She doesn't look up from her knitting. Isabelle leaves.

ROXANNE: How can you just sit there and listen to this? Marguerite ignores her. Furious, Roxanne stands up and grabs Marguerite's coin purse. MARGUERITE: Where are you going with that? Roxanne doesn't answer, just pulls on her cloak. Marguerite grabs her, but Roxanne turns and shoves her to th… ROXANNE: Don't you touch me again. Ever. Roxanne angrily throws the knife aside and leaves.

MARGUERITE: Have you lost your mind? If they find her here, they'll kill us, too! ROXANNE: Then shut up so they don't find her.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 57 are women's.

388 lines from women, 289 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

18 women and 25 men in the cast. 5 women and 7 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 13 of 761. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 33 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 51% of the words (7,009), men 49% (6,704). Women have 57% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

8 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke (woman)
Written by: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (man)
Produced by: Leonardo DiCaprio (man), Julie Yorn (woman), Jennifer Davisson (woman)
Shot by: Mandy Walker (woman)
Edited by: Nancy Richardson (woman), Julia Wong (woman)
Music by: Alex Heffes (man), Brian Reitzell (man)
Production design by: Thomas E. Sanders (man)
Costumes by: Cindy Evans (woman)
Cast by: Ronna Kress (woman)